Store-service apparatus.



No. 800,666. 'PATENTED OUT. 3, 1905. G. W. MGGORMIUK.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. MCCORMICK, OF EMPORIA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO LAMSON CONSOLIDATED STORE SERVICE COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEWV JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWV JERSEY.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed April 2, 1903. Serial No. 150,776.

To In whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. MoCoR- MICK, of Emporia, in the county of Lyon and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in idlers for cable-carrier apparatus; and the object is to produce an idler which may be set at any desired position to allow the travel of the cable-cord in any direction.

My invention consists of certain novel features hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a construction embodying my invention, Figure 1 shows an idler suspended from the ceiling in position to support a cord running along the ceiling. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line a; m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows an idler supported on the side wall with the cable passing over pulleys with the guard on the idler adjusted in proper position. Fig. 5 shows the idler supported on the floor with another one of its adjusted positions in dotted lines, the object being to pass the cord or cable upward or downward at an angle.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Secured to the support A, which may be either the ceiling, wall, or floor, is the bracket B, having its extremity bifurcated. Adjustably mounted on the bracket is the'U-shaped frame D by means of the bolt C, passing through a lug on said frame and the bifurcated end of the bracket. By means of the bolt the frame can be secured in its adjustment on the bracket.

In the arms of the frame D are seated the opposite bearings E, arranged in pairs. In each pair of bearings is journaled the shaft of the grooved wheel F, over which the cord G travels, as shown in Fig. 4. The inner ends of the bearings E project from the inner sides of the arms D and mounted on the same is the guard G. The latter is bail-shaped and its ends are split collars which are clamped on the ends of the bearings by screws passing through the members forming the collars. By loosening and tightening these screws the guadrd can be adjusted relatively to the cablecor In the art of store-service, especially the su bclass known as cable-carriers, it sometimes occurs that the merchant objects to the motor and the counter-shaft being placed under the cashiers desk. In instances of this kind it has been found necessary to lead the cable some distance to the engine-room, which has given rise to the necessity of providing an idler which may be set in any position to allow the travel of the cable-cord in any direction. The adjustability of the guard G to the cable-cord is of great advantage, as it can be adjusted to any desired position to ofler the greatest safety to the cord G from jumping off the pulleys F.

I do not limit myself to the arrangement and construction shown, as the same may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described the nature of my in vention and set forth a construction embodying the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a store-service apparatus, abracket, a frame on said bracket and having arms, opposite bearings seated in said arms, a shaft journaled in said bearings, a wheel on said shaft, and a guard adjustably mounted on said bearings.

2. In a store-service apparatus, a bracket, a frame having arms pivoted to said bracket, opposite bearings seated in said arms and projecting inwardly from the same, ashaft journaled in said bearings, a wheel on said shaft, and a guard having split collars at its ends clamped on the projecting ends of said bearings.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 16th day of January, A. D. 1903.

CHARLES IV. MCCORMICK.

\Vitnesses:

A. L. Mnssnn, E. L. HARLOW. 

